Officers were dispatched to the KFC where they found Ayala being taken to Bridgeport Hospital to be treated for second-degree burns the water caused to her face, neck, arms, chest and stomach.

Persaud told officers she had received a call from Ayala complaining that she had applied for a position, but was never called in for an interview. She told the young woman that the manager was unavailable.

When Ayala showed up to the restaurant a few minutes later and confronted Persaud, who admitted she was actually the manager, she became angry, used profanity and called Persaud names, the Connecticut Post reported.

The woman told Ayala to leave. Instead, she picked up a small piece of a metal display and hit Persaud in the side of the head with it. The manager then threw a “container of scalding water” in Ayala’s face in response, police confirmed via surveillance footage.